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And so it goes, know you’re sure you’ll know
Just when the problem will arrive
You’ve seen so much and though you’ve had it rough
You’ve got the skills to survive
Past mistakes, won’t hold you back
Goodbye nostalgia, we had fun
Incentivized to a brand new cause
Your mind is set and your heart is right
Don’t want to leave tonight
Freedom is fun I guess but whose got time?
And lately, you’ve been too much on my mind
Some days just take too long while other just fly right by
Too old to see, too young to die
Incentivized by a brand new cause
Your mind is set and your heart is right
Don’t want to go out tonight.
Incentivized by a brand new cause
Your mind is set and your heart is right
Don’t want to go out tonight
And so it goes, we still think we know
Just when the problems will arrive
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Making up to fight
Then say it’s all right
When you’re wrong but it still feels like you’re right
Let’s try and talk it out tonight
And we don’t know, what’s really going on
So I tried to write it out in this song
I get lost from time to time
Thoughts float around that ‘ain’t mine
But then I see you looking back at me through a screen
Even without the words you just know what I mean
It’s true people change
But you and me aren’t the same
If all we ever got was this then that’s still pretty great
(solo)
And what you want
Isn’t always what you get
But what you give is better than all the rest
We’re playing around with time
Felt like I was losing what I thought was mine
If I never left that place by your side
I’d still think that was alright
So, let’s start again
Turn this reality into a friend
Only you can turn a loss into a win
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It’s been a weird one
That’s been going on
For what seems like
Far too fucking long
So here we are now
Made it through somehow
And I think the days are starting to get
Brighter again
Some of those days just felt like they’d never end
But now we’re back in here and it’s no longer pretend
Face to face
This time I think we know we’re sure
Still really hope this feeling can give me more
Some days when we couldn’t deal with life out of bed
Now you’re in front of me and I got released from my head
I know it can’t always be this way
But I think finally we can truly say
As long as we ignore the bullshit
Nothing real can get in our way
So what do you want to do today?
And doesn't it feel so nice to say
Anything and everything
Are just the things that can make it all okay
I don’t know what I think I’d do
If I could never be this close to you
I sometimes bring me down but then again, so do you
I guess that’s just what lovers do
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I had a dream, but it wasn’t my dream
I think it was something I’d seen on t.v.
I had a life, though it wasn’t the best life
At least it was paid for and it was mine
Sometimes I think
I think I understand
But the rules keep changing way beyond our control.
Emotion, can run away if you let it
Pre-emptive breakdown gin & tears
Stumble along, a broken pavement
Strange voices and a yapping dog
Can we be sure, do we know what is real?
Can we pretend like it is no need to check, confirm or pause?
I had a dream but it wasn’t my dream
Maybe it was something beyond my control
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An Abhainn (the river)
03:17
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I am the melted ice at the bottom of your glass
An opportunity that’s blown away like an old recycled bag
My heart is a paper cup with memories filled within
Sometimes I can visualize and almost hear the sounds
You are the movement the breeze on a dusty street
With sunshine on closed eyes, you’re alive inside of me
And the river forever flowing never questions why
But just carries along all the rocks and sand
And reflections from the sky above
We can change the memory
But the river changes all
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Abhaile (Home)
01:59
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Deacair (Tough)
02:43
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Feeling good when it’s going bad
And it’s been like this for a while
And I’m not sure if there’s anything
You could do which wouldn’t make me smile.
You got to hang on
Even when you’re not sure for how long
And if the cracks are starting to show
And you really do not know
Remind yourself what it means to be, ‘the one’.
Remind yourself what it means to be, ‘the one’.
Used to get hung up on trying hard
Yeah, we were feeling low
Then one day we realized
We really only get one go
Too old to lose and far too young to know
When it knocks you down it’s really not that bad
And it really doesn’t take that long
Sometimes it’s just so tough to learn
Sometimes it’s just so tough to learn
Life moves fast if you let it
And sometimes it goes too slow
And all those things you you understood
Are no longer the things you know
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When nothing can make you feel right
And everyone s bringing you down
And the city you thought you knew well
Has somehow turned into your personal hell
Some days when you feel like a king, you wake up and you’re living the dream
But then there’s days you can’t catch a break
And reality starts sinking on in
This feeling that you’ve known for so long
Like a taste that never seems to go away
Or a tune that’s been stuck in your head
Or a voice that keeps asking if you’re sure you’re okay?
But you know, the suns still got to shine,
And love will somehow always finds a way.
So try to laugh as we’re losing our minds,
Remember Rome didn’t burn in a day.
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You’re going down the road again
The same one you’ve been down a hundred times or more
You’re asking who’s to blame again
But what do you really want to know this time?
And what will you do when you find out?
You might feel this time you’ll know what to say
But suddenly why does it seem the right words fall away
In your head you planned it all
But even then you were never really sure what she would say this time
What will you do now she found out?
Some mistakes feel better the second time around
And we’re going to move on, right over this town
And no more illusions can hold us back now
We’ve seen the preview of all that’s to come
No time to be wasting on things already done
on things already done
on things already done
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TOLM
03:20
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If you think you’re going to leave how come you didn’t leave before?
And if you think you’ve had enough how come you’re still coming back for more?
And if it’s true the passion has run cold why does it feel like we’re just getting warm?
Who cares what it’s called, just don’t let it run out
TOLM
They say everyone has doubts about all the plans that they never made
And sure there must have been times when it felt like such a waste
But at the end of each day, as we hold each other tight
The only questions that are left are why did it take all this time this time
To realized what it is we have
TOLM
Yeah I'll be your mirror, reflecting who we are
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risteardd Dublin, Ireland
Risteard D is an Irish musician currently working in Beijing, China. He regularly performs as a solo artist and with friends as LOW BOW and experimental ambient / noise project: Cloud Choir. Contact: dongmohan@gmail.com
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